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para entre HENRLO. PEABODY, or`

BoS'roN, l MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters .Patent No. 97,684, dated December 7 1869.

IMPROVEMENT In CENTRIPUGAL MACHINES FOR EXTRACTING HoNEY FROM THE COME.

Tha Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and.` making part 0f the same- `I, HENRY O. PEABODY, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and State o f Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful yImprovements in Centrifugal Machines, designed "more `especially for extracting honey'lfrom theI comb,` of whichthefollowing isa specification.

Myiinventiou relates to the construction of the revolving portion of ,theinachine, being an improvement yupon the machine for which a patent was granted to me, October 26, 1869, and numbered '96,149- and It consistsin the arrangement of two or more light sheetanetal vessels around a4 common centre, said vessels being attached to the outer ends of the arms of two light, `spider-like frames, mounted upon a central spindle, around which the whole may revolve, said vessels each heingvofusuitable size-.and form lto receive a wire screen and a `honey-frame, and attached to the said spider-frame arms, by means of pins and sockets, in such` a manner "that they may be readily `removed from said `framcsfor cleaning and other purposes.

It also consistsin the arrangement, in the` lower spider-frame, of inclined conduits or channels, to conduct the honey from -the outlets in the bottoms of the vessels teau a nnlar groove formed in the hub of the stationary stand, which supports the spindle, on which the spider-frames andvessels revolve. A

In the accompanying drawings# Figure 1 is a plan of my 4improved machine.

Figure 2 is avertica-l section' on line x x on lig. l.

Figure 3 is an elevation 'of the wirescrcen frame, drawn to asmaller scale. a

.A is a stand, made of cast-iron, and provided with a central hub,in the top of which is formed an annu-V lar groove, B, from which open the discharge-minces D is a. spindle,"set inthe hub of the stand A, upon which are mounted the spider-frames E and F, said irames beingconnected together by the upright rods G, and provided with a handle, H, by which they may be revolved. a I, J, and K, are vessels, made of tin, or other light sheet-metal, of the form shown, theA outer,- wallA of each being curved, so as to form a portion of a circle, common to all, and around the centre of which they revolve. i

y a a are lugs or rests, upon which the honey and wire-gauze framesare supported.

f `L is a light frame, made of wood, of the formshown in g. 3,upon one side of which a ne wire gauze, or thin perforated plateot' sheetinetal, o, is secured, and provided with projections c c, by means of which it is suspended in the vessel, resting upon the lugs or rests a (t, in aperfectly obviousmanncr.

M is a Ahoney-frannz, made of the same form, and suspended in the same manner ,in the vessel as the frame L, but between it and the inner wall ofthe vessel, with one face of the honey-comb resting against the wire screen, as shown in tig.-2.. i

(l rl are pins or studs, set in the'outer ends' of the arms of theframes E and F, and projecting upward from the sameQ y c e are straps of shcet-metal, soldered to the vessels I, LT, and K, so as to form sockets or eyes to tit the pins d d, by means of which thc said vessels may be attached to the flames E and F, so that they will revolve with them, and, at the saine time, they may be readily removedtherefi'cm, when desired, fcr cleaning or any other purpose. y

N is'an outlet inthe bottom of the vessel I, (not shown in J and K,)'frorn which thehoney will be discharged int-o the inclined conduit g, formed'in arm E oi' the frame E, down which it will iiow when the rev]- olution ofthe machine is stopped, and, falling through th'e outlet g into the annular groove B, will be discharged, through the orilices C C, into a receptacle placed beneath the stand A for that purpose, Said stand being made of'sufiicient height to allow of this being done.

The operation of my machine is as follows:

The wire screens L'are placed in position in the several vessels, as shown, with the wire gauze or perforated plate toward the centre of vthe, machine, and the frames containing the honey-comb are placed in the vessels, with one face of the comb resting against the wire gauze, the caps of the cellshaving been rst removed, when thel machine is set in motion, bymeans of the handle H, when the honey in the cells, on that side` next to the wire gauze, will bc forced from `the cells, by its tendency to fly oi at a tangent, and, passing through the .wire gauze, be deposit-cd upon the outer lwall ofthe vessel.

Then-the honey has all been discharged from one side of the comb, the honey-'ames-M are removed from the vessels and turned aroumhalnl'replaced in the vessels, with the other face of the comb against the wire, screen, a-nd thc machine is again set in inotion, as before.

When the motion of the machine is stopped, thc honey will iiow through the outlet N in the bottom of the vessel, into and down the inclined conduit g, through the `outlet q', into the annular groove Bgand through the oritlces ,O C, into a vessel placed'under the stand A to receive it.

The outlet N in the bottom of the vessel, the inclined conduit g, the annular groove B, and dischargeorifices GO,n1ay be dispensed with, as shown, in the case of the vessels J and K, and the vessels may be removed from the revolving frzune,to discharge the honey from the saine, the houey-frames and wire screens being first removed therefrom. n

These machines maybe constructed to carry any desired number of vessels, each provided with n. Wire screen, and may receive n. honeyi`rnme, or not, ns desired, care being taken to distribute the 10nd evenly around the centre, so as to balance the machine when the vessels are not all full.`

What I claim es new, and desire to 'secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The use, in centrifugal machines, of two or more light poitztble vessels, arranged around e common centre, and attached to the arms of a light frame, in such, a manner that either or all of them may he removed,

therefrom, when desired, seid frame being mounted upon n central spindle, around which Vthe whole may revolve, and each of the said vessels being adapted to receive o wire screen, and the material to be acted upon, substantially as described.

In combination with two or more vessels, nrranged as described, the outlet N, inclined conduit g, outlet g', annular groove B, ind discharge-minces C C, substantially as described.

Executed nt Boston, this 5th day of November,

HENRY O. PEABODY. Witnesses:

N. C. LOMBARD, G. E. WHITNEY. 

